New rental towers could be coming to Brampton shopping mall

Several new apartment buildings, an urban plaza and more upgrades could be coming to Brampton’s Bramalea City Centre.

Development company Morguard Corp. is looking to knock down part of the mall to make way for new apartment buildings, a parking garage, and a whole host of new amenities.

The redesign could see the demolition of Bramalea City Centre’s now-shuttered Sears department store to make way for four rental apartment buildings, a commercial building and an urban plaza for 1,000 new units and approximately 650 square metres of new commercial space, according to a development proposal to the City.

The proposal also includes a two-storey underground parking structure which would accommodate 360 parking spaces, and the development would also share the shopping mall’s existing parking garage for a total target parking rate of approximately 0.7 parking spaces per unit.

Architects ARK—Petroff are leading the redesign of Bramalea City Centre for co-owners Morguard Corporation and BCC Equities Inc., and could dovetail with the city’s plans to relocate Peel Centre Drive and upgrade infrastructure within the Dixie Tributary that runs down the western portion of the mall property.

A landscaped multi-use path would also be added on the east side of the open channel, creating a green pedestrian link through the site.

The proposal is currently in review with the city’s Planning and Development department, and would take up approximately 1.4 hectares of the mall’s 33.2 hectare footprint.

Bramalea City Centre is the fourth largest enclosed shopping centre in Ontario, and the seventh largest in Canada, and has more than 300 stores and services.